Mathematical Sciences Library

Mathematical Sciences Library Staff

The Library team is made up of highly skilled staff, which is charged to develop a national Resource Centre for the mathematical sciences. It is comprised of two (2) professional librarians, two (2) paraprofessionals and a secretary/typist and executive officer listed below:

S/No.	NAME	QUALIFICATIONS	DESIGNATION
1.	Aje, Christiana	MLS, BLS	Acting Librarian
2.	Fadeyi ,Victoria Olubola	MLS, B.Ed	Principal Librarian
3.	Aderele, Janet A.	BLS, Dip. LS	Assistant Chief Library Officer
4.	Abdullahi, Abubakar	Dip. LS	Principal Library Officer
5.	Alagbu, Francisca S.	NECO, WAEC, Pitman’s I & II, Advanced Type Writing; Advanced NABTEB, Advanced & Intermediate National Diploma	Chief Secretary Assistant
6.	Garuba Richard	WASC	Executive Officer

Brief History of the Department

The decree No. 40 of 1989 which established the National Mathematical Centre, Abuja also promulgated the creation of ultra modern library as an intrinsic part of the centre. The library was established to be a national resource centre has enjoyed enormous growth and brought fame to the centre. As the institution grew and programme coordinators came on board, the scope and nature of library collections grew, became more physically distributed and expanded in complexity and richness of disciplines in the mathematical sciences.
The Library selects and acquires book, journals, research reports, preprints and a variety of other materials in the chosen disciplines of the Centre. This resource centre does not only concern itself with acquisitions, but provides leadership in attaining the full life cycle of these intellectual resource through access, maintenance, analysis, preservation and sharing of collections.
Since the inception of the Library, the selection of materials has been a joint cooperative endeavour between the Coordinators of Programmes, the Course Organizers, Supervisors, the participants and the Librarian to the Centre, who complements the decisions with his own selections to achieve consistency and balance. The development of the mathematical sciences resources has continued to be enhanced through significant gifts and establishment of an active exchange programme to compensate for inadequate funds and the vagaries and constrictions of the national economies. Worthy of note is the development strategies with other institutions to address weaknesses in the collections. Special beneficial relationships with book vendors also contribute to the Library’s ability to fulfill its collection development mission.
It is worth noting that since 1998, we have witnessed some of the more tumultuous changes and greatest challenges in the Library’s history. The unprecedented inflation in publishers’ prices and the abolition of the dual exchange rate in Nigeria in 1998 has occasioned several serial reduction programmes thereby creating gaps in the collection. The specter of new information technologies for the preservation, access, storage, and delivery of information is also beginning to be an integral part of our collection picture and provides new opportunities for further enrichment of our information resource.
The Mathematical Sciences Library has a collection policy statement that informs the National Mathematical Centre’s scientific community about the Centre Library’s principles and priorities for developing and managing its collections - whether maintained locally or accessed remotely. It also provides guidance to those responsible for supporting the collections through selection, processing, maintenance, preservation, and administrative activities.
The Library has designed a policy on behaviour conducive for work, study and enjoyment for all library users and staff.

The User Communities

The Centre Library’s mission statement reflects the primacy of the Programme Coordinators, Course Organizers, Participants and visiting scientists as the user community, and has responsibilities to serve the broader scholarly community of mathematical scientists. The Library’s collection and access policies shall reflect three levels of user communities:
The Primary communities: The National Mathematical Centre Coordinators, the Course organizers, and participants, and visiting research scientists constitute the primary user group for the Mathematical Sciences Library collections. The collection development and access policies, first and foremost, reflect the educational and research goals of Centre’s programmes and the information needs of National Mathematical Centre constituents.
The Secondary Communities: Through a variety of Exchange and cooperative agreements with other research libraries, collection resources shall be available to other institutions. Agreements relating to access and responsibility for cooperative collection development in the interests of the members shall be secured. The Centre benefits through these agreements by reciprocal access to the collections of other libraries as well as the efficiencies that result from coordinated activities in acquisition, maintenance, preservation, and resource sharing.
The Tertiary communities: As a major Inter-University Centre designed to serve Nigeria and the sub-region of West Africa with the national and international resource, the Centre’s Library collections shall be accessible to general and scholarly users in the local community, in the sub-region of West Africa, and worldwide. The Centre Library recognizes its responsibilities to share its resources with these communities, subject to constraints of resources and priorities of the above constituencies. Its access policies include on-site access, information sharing and exchanges privileges, interlibrary loans and information services through the digital links.

Mathematical Sciences Library Rules and Procedure

Opening hours:
Monday – Friday 8:30a.m. - 5:00p.m.
Saturday & Sunday Closed.
Researchers from other scientific institutions may apply for access to the library by applying through their Heads of departments and presentation of their identity cards.

Registration
All first-time users must register at the loan desk.

Loans
Books - a maximum of 5 each - may be borrowed for one month. Loans should be kept on NMC premises during courses, restrictions on loans may be applied. Lending conditions may vary depending upon the type of material and status of user.
Visitors may lose borrowing privileges after two disregarded notices.
Loans may be renewed a maximum of two times if there is no waiting list. Library staff may recall any loaned item holds may be placed on any loaned item.
Returns must be handed to the loan desk staff when on temporary absence from Sheda Kwali campus, all borrowed items must be returned.
Reference collection items, bound and unbound periodical issues and any item on temporary display, such as newly arrived books, journals, reports, or material needed during courses, normally cannot be loaned and can be used only in the library.
Lost or damaged materials should be reported promptly the borrower may be required to pay for a replacement.

Clearance
On departure, staff and users must clear with the library when leaving the centre.

Activities Organized by the Library in 2009

Procurement, Installation and Training on the use of KOHA Library software for management of resources.
Procurement and Training on the use of EBSCO electronic resources.
Provision of logistics and field support for Mathematics Improvement Programme.
Attendance and participation in Workshops that enhanced library services usage and performance.
Library orientation programme for library users.